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    While covered conductors were developed to protect power continuity for customers during Nordic storms, it also can be used for other applications. For example, it is being used in Australia to cut wildfire risk.
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    The new EV charging stations at the Maritime Museum.
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    Georgia Power Transmission Co. lines run across terrain that is sometimes mountainous, hilly, forested, crowded and urban or remote and rural.
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    Ebooks

    Overhead or Underground?

    June 4, 2024
    The debate continues surrounding the choice between overhead and underground T&D lines.
    Photo by Heimdall Power.
    Transmission Reliability

    Great River Energy Unlocks Hidden Transmission Capacity

    May 1, 2024
    By installing sensors to perform dynamic line ratings, the utility’s transmission line capacity improved more than 25%, nearly 70% of the time.
    Vegetation Management

    LUMA Energy's Work Plan For Puerto Rico

    March 25, 2024
    The utility aims to boost reliability and resiliency by focusing on vegetation management, automation and substation modernization.
    Photo by Ameren Illinois.
    Distributed Energy Resources

    Consider A Customer DER Interconnection Process

    March 5, 2024
    Policy changes in Illinois have spurred a surge in Ameren Illinois’ distributed energy resource interconnections, prompting the need for a process.
    Photo courtesy of Con Edison.
    Overhead Transmission

    Creative Underground Transmission Construction in Queens

    Nov. 17, 2023
    Consolidated Edison considers options for building new underground transmission lines that will carry increasing amounts of renewable energy to customer in New York City.

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    The Ameren Illinois Roxford substation. The infrastructure project included substation upgrades and new transmission structures. Photo by Ameren.
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    (Left) Enclosure for FCCP device. BGE started piloting this solution in August 2022 at a substation with only one dc supply. (Right) A newly installed Multitel box. The FCCP device has a clamp-on current transformer (CT) that can be installed on one wire of the battery dc supply charger cable. Photos courtesy of Baltimore Gas & Electric.
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    Transmission Vegetation Management Transformation Part II

    July 10, 2023
    In part two of this two-part article series, Duke Energy shares how its WorkPASS program has transformed the way it executes vegetation management work.
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    Cooperation: The Key to Relay Protection System Reliability

    July 7, 2023
    Protective relays systems do not exist on an island. Other critical equipment including circuit breakers, current transformers, potential transformers, battery systems, and transformers...
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    Substations

    Point-to-Point Digital Secondary System Design for a Transmission Substation

    June 22, 2023
    Duke Energy is evaluating the use of a point to point digital secondary system to reduce the amount of copper utilized in traditional substation protection designs.
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    The Role of Distribution Automation in the Energy Transition

    April 21, 2023
    A concerted effort is needed from utilities, state policymakers, and public utility commissions and manufacturers to drive the investment and deployment of DA technologies.